Children’s Budget 2019
| September 10, 2019 |
First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 13th annual release of its signature Children’s Budget publication, a comprehensive analysis of how kids …
Comment on Proposed Revisions to Categorical Eligibility Provisions in SNAP
Rachel Merker | October 16, 2019 |
On September 12th, 2019, First Focus on Children submitted the following comment opposing a proposed rule by the US Department of Agriculture that would …
First Focus on Children hails injunction on public charge
| October 11, 2019 |
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, made the following statement about today’s injunction of the Trump Administration’s public charge rule: “We are …
A Snapshot of Children in Poverty in 2018
Cara Baldari | October 7, 2019 |
According to the Census Bureau’s Official Poverty Measure (OPM), 16.2 percent of children were living in poverty in 2018. View our fact sheet to …
CPAG Webinar: Child Poverty Census Data and the Current Policy Landscape
Cara Baldari | September 27, 2019 |
The U.S. Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) webinar referenced below aired on September 25, 2019. Please click the link below to access the recording. …
Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Rescinding Medicaid Access
Averi Pakulis, Carrie Fitzgerald | September 16, 2019 |
First Focus on Children submitted the following comments expressing our strong opposition to a proposed rule that would repeal the Medicaid Access Rule, harming …